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title: "August 29 Birthday: Zodiac Sign, Personality and Numerology"
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# August 29 Birthday: Zodiac Sign, Personality and Numerology

In Western astrology, an August 29 birthday falls in Virgo, in the first decan, with Mercury as the sign's ruler and Mercury as the decan's. In numerology the day gives birthday number 11. The Life Path also uses the birth year. Virgo is mutable and earth.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Sun sign | Virgo in every year from 1930 to 2030 |
| Decan | Virgo decan 1 (Mercury) |
| Sun's position at noon UTC | About 5° Virgo |
| Virgo · element · modality · ruler | Earth · Mutable · Mercury |
| Birthday number | 29 → 11 |
| Life Path by birth year | 1960: 8 · 1970: 9 · 1980: 1 · 1990: 2 · 2000: 3 · 2010: 22 · 2020: 5 |
| Chinese zodiac | After Lunar New Year, so the animal is the birth year's own |
| Born on this day | Michael Jackson (1958), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780), Maurice Maeterlinck (1862) |

## Personality of an August 29 birthday

Late August brings master number 11 into analytical Virgo on the 29th. Five degrees in, Mercury's decan gives the intuition of 11 a precise vocabulary. The blend is often read as an inspired technician or a perceptive editor, someone whose hunches are well founded because they have noticed tiny details that others overlooked entirely.

By noon UTC on August 29, the Sun has normally reached roughly 5° of Virgo. That places the date in the Virgo decan that astrologers give to Mercury, the first of three. Mercury rules Virgo and also governs its opening decan, from about August 23 to September 2. Doubled Mercury in an earth sign points towards analysis, method and a talent for noticing the detail everyone else walked past. People with these birthdays are often called helpful, articulate and quietly witty, with high standards for their own work. The flip side is a busy mind that can turn on itself, cataloguing flaws long after the job is done. Their best gift tends to be useful precision: making a system clearer, a text tighter or a routine kinder to the people who follow it.

## Numerology of the August 29 birthday

Born on the 29th, your compound is 2 + 9 = 11, and because 11 is a master number it is kept as 11 rather than reduced to 2. The 2 brings sensitivity, the 9 brings compassion and breadth, and together they create one of the most intuitive birthday numbers. People born on the 29th are often described as emotionally perceptive, idealistic and capable of inspiring others. Their feelings can run high, with marked highs and lows. As a secondary number, the 29 tends to reward creative and caring outlets for that intensity, and rest between them.

Because the year enters the Life Path calculation, the same August 29 birthday leads to different paths across generations, among them 1 for 1980, 2 for 1990, 3 for 2000 and 22 for 2010. Some birth years on this date reach the master number 22. The Life Path calculator does the reduction for any year.

## August 29 in context: the season, Chinese zodiac and famous birthdays

An August birthday falls in late northern summer, a season of early harvests and holidays, and in late winter for the southern hemisphere, when the first blossom starts to appear. Leo holds most of the month, with Virgo arriving around August 22 or 23. August is month 8 in numerology, associated with ambition, authority and material skill, a fitting partner for Leo's confidence. August 29 is the 241st day of the year (242nd in a leap year). In most years Libra season is under way by September 23, 25 days after this birthday.

Chinese astrology is straightforward for an August 29 birthday: the new year began weeks earlier, so the birth year's own animal applies. August 29 is also the birthday of Michael Jackson (1958), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780) and Maurice Maeterlinck (1862).

## Frequently asked questions

### What zodiac sign is August 29?

August 29 is Virgo in every year from 1930 to 2030, wherever you were born. It falls in the first decan of Virgo, which tradition links with Mercury.

### What is the Life Path number for someone born on August 29?

It depends on the birth year. On August 29 the Life Path is 8 in 1960, 9 in 1970, 1 in 1980, 2 in 1990, 3 in 2000, 22 in 2010 and 5 in 2020. The birthday number, from the day alone, is 11 for everyone born on the 29th.

### What Chinese zodiac sign is someone born on August 29?

By August 29 the Chinese new year is well under way, which means the animal and element are those of the calendar birth year.

### Which famous people were born on August 29?

Among the best-known people with an August 29 birthday are Michael Jackson (1958), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780) and Maurice Maeterlinck (1862). The list comes from Wikidata and favours people with the most Wikipedia articles.

## Related pages

- [August birthdays](https://unifiedreading.com/birthday/august)
- [Virgo](https://unifiedreading.com/zodiac/virgo)
- [Virgo decan 1](https://unifiedreading.com/zodiac/virgo-decan-1)
- [August 28](https://unifiedreading.com/birthday/august-28)
- [August 30](https://unifiedreading.com/birthday/august-30)
- [August 27](https://unifiedreading.com/birthday/august-27)
- [August 31](https://unifiedreading.com/birthday/august-31)
- [August 22](https://unifiedreading.com/birthday/august-22)
- [September 5](https://unifiedreading.com/birthday/september-5)
- [July 29](https://unifiedreading.com/birthday/july-29)
- [September 29](https://unifiedreading.com/birthday/september-29)
- [Birthday number 29](https://unifiedreading.com/numerology/birthday-29)

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